Shabbos 86b Part 2/2

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does Shemoneh Esrei call Shavuos zman matan Torasenu, when by the Magen Avraham's reckoning the dates do not always match? The Torah commands only a Yom Tov fifty days after Pesach, and the wording instituted in Shemoneh Esrei is what tied it to Matan Torah. Through the Gemaras of Matan Torah, from the mountain held overhead to Moshe Rabbeinu's answer to the malachim, we see the Torah given for the battle with the yetzer hara.

Key points

• The Torah never commands celebrating Matan Torah, only a Yom Tov fifty days after Pesach.
• The Shemoneh Esrei wording ties Shavuos to Matan Torah, so the Magen Avraham's question rests there.
• After the cheit ha'egel separated naaseh from nishma, twice as many malachim were needed to remove the crowns.
• The Torah is given for the battle with the yetzer hara, and its geshmak comes only through ameilus.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The Magen Avraham's kashya on Matan Torah
2. 2:57No mitzvah to celebrate Matan Torah
3. 8:21Why the Magen Avraham asks about Shemoneh Esrei
4. 13:32Torah tlisa and the third month
5. 16:55The mountain held over Klal Yisrael
6. 22:09Yom hashishi and the condition of creation
7. 26:43Crowns for naaseh v'nishma
8. 35:36Moshe Rabbeinu and the malachim
9. 38:16Ameilus and geshmak in Torah

Topics

• Matan Torah
• Shavuos
• Naaseh V'Nishma